Akira Kagami to head Craft at Spikes Asia

The final two of six jury presidents for the Spikes Asia Advertising Festival are - Akira Kagami, Executive Advisor and Global Executive Creative Advisor of Dentsu Japan as the Craft Jury President and Jon Wilkins, the Founding Partner of Naked Communications Australia as the Media Jury President.

Known to many as 'the big guy from Dentsu', Akira Kagami is a landmark in the creative crowd. Being employed for 30 years by a varied agency like Dentsu has given Akira the opportunity to work on almost every category imaginable. This depth of experience has led him to his most recent mission and role: to go beyond his responsibilities as a specialist in creative and to create a catalytic scheme for global communication design

Through all his work at Dentsu, he has picked up numerous prizes,
including awards at Cannes Lions, Clio, and One Show, as well as three
Grand Prix at AdFest. He has served on the jury at Cannes Lions, Clio,
One Show, D&AD, Spikes, and many other international awards, as well
as being jury chair at Cannes Lions and AdFest. This year, he will
receive the New York Festivals Lifetime Achievement Award.

About Campaign Brief Asia

A blog for advertising creatives in Asia. To pass on news or advertise on
the CB Asia blog, or to subscribe to Campaign Brief Asia or Campaign Brief
Australia/NZ magazines, or The Work 09 Annual, email: Kim
or Michael

House rules for commenting

Here are the ground rules for posting comments on stories: This site is a moderated blog. Comments that are seen to be more abusive than witty and/or constructive will not be posted. Obviously, we do not allow 'hate speech' or comments that are seen as a personal attack, defamatory, degrading or prejudicial to an individual or company. Overly abusive language also adds nothing to any discussion and will not be published. On occasions we will be asking people to contribute work, opinions and views on various topics - you are free to disagree, so long as you observe the above rules and remain constructive.